Red Lobster is yummy.
Well, we took a little ride in the car yesterday. Driving down to visit Steve and Jess, we saw some interesting things along the way that I really wanted to take pictures of (but no, my camera was in the trunk, oops). Left way too early, thought about going to the zoo (decided against it), and drove past their house about 2 hours early…we then drove around and explored the area. Drove to Hickman and watched a little bit of the boys softball game, and then wandered back to Roca (after getting lost between Hickman and Roca ha…looked for the water tower and ended up making a complete circle around Roca). Sat for a while at the big public park there in the village of Roca, and by accident went to the Roca Berry Farm. It was closed so we didn’t go through it, but it looked like there was a lot of really cool stuff there that was family oriented fun stuff. I’m thinking that if Steve and Jess live where they are for a few years, maybe we’ll go there with the grandbaby… anyway, I say we went there by accident because on the way back out, I noticed the big sign saying Roca Berry Farm laying in the ditch like somebody crashed into it and broke it off (and again I don’t have my camera ready, it’s still in the trunk). We eventually did get to visit Steve and Jessica and got to see the ultrasounds of my new grandbaby. Also Brian (the dog) was excited to see us, and the 3 kitties are sweeties (can’t remember all the names yet) 2 long hair and 1 foundling (skittish, but friendly). Their house is nice and big with a big yard and garage, and a place to put in a garden. We went out to eat at Red Lobster and had a wonderful time! We also learned a new game…Peetee Punch (black one, purple one, or whatever color). There aren’t many slug-bugs around anymore…ha… Jess drives a purple PTCruiser…?…(get it?). Anyway it was really nice spending time with them. We don’t get to visit them very often, so that made it even more special. Everyone had some great seafood (damn-it I forgot to use my coupons), and took some leftovers home. We had some good conversations. Ideas and plans for nursery decor were mentioned, among other interesting subjects. But on the way home, I remembered that my camera was still in the trunk…crap…maybe I should have used the strap and wore it around my neck?
Anyway, we made it home ok and today I made my leftover king crab legs into crab cakes. They were very tasty, but clearly I needed to put an egg in the mix. The outside was crunchy and nicely browned, but the inside turned out kinda mushy, but oh so rich! I was out of eggs, so I used cream cheese and miracle whip instead of an egg, and one of the leftover bisquits for the breading. OOOoooyeah…mmm…mmm.
And by the way, I want to say a great big thank you to Steve for retiring his old laptop to me! I’ll be getting my high speed internet hooked up for that soon (hopefully this week sometime?), and getting a camera to hook up to it so I can get Skype. That way I’ll be able to see them more often (even if it is just on the computer screen). What I’m thinking is that my current e-mail address will be good for a month or more yet, but once it’s hooked up I’ll have to notify everybody what the new one will be. Bill will probably be getting his own e-mail address then too, so you can add him to your address book then…
I’ve got a patio full of neighborhood cats. Actually, they’re sitting on our picnic table. There’s Mooch, the grey shorthair siamese-looking male one. There’s Leo, the big fat long-hair orange lion-looking male. Then there’s Pricilla, the little white female with grey ears & grey-stripe tail. I think she’s probably going to go into heat soon and the males are hanging around…It looks like Pricilla has chosen Leo…might make some interesting looking kittens. Then there’s my cat Fancy who’s old and can’t hold her territory anymore…that’s kind of sad…all she can do now is growl at them when I hold her up to the window.
OK, I think I’ve spent enough time in front of the computer screen today…I’ll have to change screens (to my new laptop thanks again Steve) tomorrow…Kbye love ya!
March 20th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
It was great seeing you guys. The fast computer with the fast internet will be quite a change from what you are used to. If you are going to go through the trouble of changing email addresses I would suggest getting gmail addresses instead of going with whoever you get your internet with. Then you can have an address that is pretty much permanent even of you change to someone else. It saves a lot of hassle. That is who I use for all my email and it works great. You can even set it up just like your email now where you download it onto your computer using outlook or whatever you use to get your megavision mail or you can check it on their website if you are out and about and want to check your mail. Once you get the fast internet I can set everything up so I can just fix anything that breaks from here. I’ll need to get you a specific kind of wireless router and install some software but after I get all that set up all you will need to do is say “fix my computer” and turn it on and I will be able to fix everything remotely without you doing anything. Until I get that you will need to plug the high speed cable directly into the computer though. I’ll order the router and camera today. Maybe if we are lucky I can just send it to you after I set it up and you can plug it in and it will work. Probably not though… Love you!
March 20th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Thanks! You’re a GOOD SON, and I really appreciate it! love you too